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this is jonathan van tam quoted saying in the course of the interviews that he did here on the bbc newsl he sent out the great news that the coronavirus vaccines have prevented 60,000 deaths and stopped 22 million infections, which isjust fantastic news. as he himself drew attention to, it really is a huge deal that the vaccine has been quite so successful. i think it's really interesting that he has become a bit of a national treasure throughout this pandemic was wheeled out. he is really trusted as a communicator and is evidently went on to the news beat programme on bbc earlier to talk and talk at the 18 to 25—year—olds with a message please get a vaccine. a third of that age group has still not yet had even a single dose and the government is getting increasingly concerned about the take—up rate among young people, so i think we will hear lots more from jonathan van tam and other trusted communicators in the coming days and weeks reallyjust trying to get that number pushed up especially with a warning that it is only with a really high level of the population vaccinated that we can

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as people queued forjabs around the uk, england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, predictedpy it becomes, he says, will depend on our behaviour. anna collinson, bbc news. let's take at some of the day's other news now from around the world. and iran says international talks on its nuclear programme will now have to wait until after the new president, ebrahim raisi, has taken office next month. tehran also said the us and britain must stop linking the deal to a prisoner exchange. several rounds of talks have been held in vienna without a breakthrough. thousands of people have been protesting in france against new rules which will oblige health workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus. the restrictions also mean that people will need to show either a vaccine health pass or a negative covid test to enter public places including restaurants. since the rules were announced on monday, a record number of people have booked appointments to be vaccinated. the annual hajj pilgrimmage is getting under way in mecca with a reduced number of participants. only 60,000 people will be ta

england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirusmic is behind us, but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods" ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to thorpe park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. hi, guys! we're doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know that i'm 0k and also when everything's open now i can have more freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you're young and perhaps that's what's being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation, who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their fe

as people queued for jabs around the uk, england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, predicted it becomes, he says, will depend on our behaviour. anna collinson, bbc news. in thailand, the deaths and cases have reached an all—time high. and a country will be given first and vaccine doses from different manufacturers. that speak to professor tony cunningham, directorat the cunningham, director at the centre cunningham, directorat the centre for virus research at the westmead institute in sydney. thank you so much for your time. thailand is going to be mixing saner back in the astrazeneca jabs. is that because of efficacy issues with either of the vaccines?- either of the vaccines? yes, indeed. they _ either of the vaccines? yes, indeed. they are _ either of the vaccines? yes, indeed. they are concerned| indeed. they are concerned about the efficacy of sai novak, which in two different trials, one in brazil and also one in the emirates, is performed at a lower level than astrazeneca and also the pfizer the donor and johnson & johnson. the donor and johnson & johnson-— the donor a

jonathan van—tam will be answering your questions in a moment, but first, the weather with helen.bear down on the south—west of england through this evening, with some damaging winds. unseasonably windy which means there will be large waves, rough conditions at sea. if you are sleeping under canvas, and many heading to the beach, as i say, there will be some rather dangerous conditions around. for the rest of the day, ahead of that system, we will see the driest, brightest and warmest weather for a southern and eastern areas. i mention some heavy showers, potential in northern england, northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland. in the far north of scotland staying rather cool and cloudy. quite blustery as well today but the winds will escalate further, starting to bring in the rain to pembrokeshire and the south—west by the end of the day. with gale force winds forecast, gusts in excess of 60 mph as we go through the night, potentially, across devon and cornwall. through friday they will migrate further eastwards. accompanying those strong winds, unusually windy weather, som

england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, has told the bbc that the covid vaccination has saved around 60,000 lives across the country, and prevented around 22 million new infections. he announced the figures from public health england, while answering questions on vaccines from listeners to bbc newsbeat. let's hear what he had to say: there's some new data coming out today. i'm going to break the news here. i don't think it's out actually until another few minutes, but the latest public health england analysis shows that because of the vaccines and because of this massive third wave we've had, actually what the vaccines have done is they've prevented in total, since we got them, 22 million cases of covid infection and 60,000 deaths. so, you know, that's truly massive. let's talk to robert west, a member of the independent group let's take a look at the latest coronavirus figures for the uk — a further 31,117 new infections have been recorded. and that 85 people have died within 28 days of a positive test. 0verall, more than 46.7 million people have received their firs

affect where you live from our website, at bbc.co.uk/news england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tamrst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us — but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods" ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. we are doing covid vaccines today. i just want to be more safe and no i am 0k_ just want to be more safe and no i am 0kand— just want to be more safe and no i am 0k and also when everything is open _ am 0k and also when everything is open now— am 0k and also when everything is open now i— am 0k and also when everything is open now i can have my freedom. did open nowl can have my freedom. did ou open now i can hav

the daily mirror highlights comments to the bbc from england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam the vaccine roll—out has saved an estimated 60,000 lives and prevented 22 million infections. according to the financial times, the conservative party has received £18 million from 154 donors with property interests since borisjohnson became prime minister two years ago. so, let's begin. liam can kick off this time with the daily mail. nojab, nojob. certainly, good evening. the daily mail taking quite a strong line on this. furious as vexing passports on the nhs are introduced by stealth. i'm not sure everybody would see it that way as the water story is there are very large companies particularly in the us that are making the demand that when people return to the offices or as we start to they must be double jab. i think pimlico plumbers was the first company to do this and we are now seeing it with netflix and google. and dominic raab has essentially said he thinks it's a smart move. and of the government in this country are desperate to get more people vaccinated. the numbers are p

england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirusmic is behind us, but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods" ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. we're doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know i am 0k, and also when everything is open now i can have my freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you are young and perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet over getting th

today, we'rejoined by england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, answering questions onhe coronavirus vaccine from bbc newsbeat listeners — as well as those of you watching. and there's still time to get involved. we're @bbcnews on twitter — use the hashtag yourquestionsanswered. so, let's get going... good afternoon, professor van—tam. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. hello, how are you doing? trier? news. hello, how are you doing? very nood, we news. hello, how are you doing? very good. we will — news. hello, how are you doing? very good. we will go _ news. hello, how are you doing? very good, we will go straight to the first question. priya is in birmingham. good afternoon. so my question is, before _ good afternoon. so my question is, before i_ good afternoon. so my question is, before i get— good afternoon. so my question is, before i get straight into the question, i wanted to mention that i am all— question, i wanted to mention that i am all in _ question, i wanted to mention that i am all in favour of individuals taking — am all in favour of individuals takin

here in the uk, england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, has urged people who've not england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. —— thorpe park. we are doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know i am 0k, and also when everything is open now, i can have my freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you are young and perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet over getting the jab and getting protected. the numbers of those being immunised are continuing to rise, but there is a stark difference between the age groups. more than 30% of 18—29—year—olds in england

and coming up — england's deputy chief medical officer jonathan van tam will be answering your questionsd warmest year since 1884. it was the fifth wettest. six of the 10 wettest years have been since 1998. and last year was the eighth sunniest on record. the experts said that, in the space of 30 years, the uk has become 0.9c warmer and 6% wetter. the report's lead author, mike kendon, warns "we are going to see more and more extreme weather such as heatwaves and floods" as the climate continues to warm. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. dramatic changes in our skies. in 2020, the uk experienced a year of extremes. from storms in february, which caused chaos across the country, to a summer heatwave, when temperatures sweltered above 34 degrees for six consecutive days. and rain in october with the uk's wettest day on record. it is all charted in an annual assessment of the climate. the uk is getting wetter, warmer and sunnier. we can see very clearly from our observations that the uk's climate is already changing. so climate change isn't something that is just going to h

of the restrictions that we are announcing today and to make sure, in the immortal words of jonathan van—tamation by everybody to have a greatjubilee and a freedom from any kind of caution or restraint. that's what we are saying. what the scientists are saying is that this is the right date, or as good as only other date to do this, but it has got to be taken seriously and we have got to go as slowly as we can given the constraints we are under. for me that makes a great deal of sense. if we held off until september, if we waited to go for the illegal unlocking is that we are, then we would be doing it in the context of a great deal more risk from the weather, plus we wouldn't have the advantage of the school holidays and so on. this is about as good a time as any, but to do it properly and sensibly, everyone has got to be cautious. i sensibly, everyone has got to be cautious. ., �* ~' sensibly, everyone has got to be cautious. ., �* ,, , cautious. i don't think the things which are going _ cautious. i don't think the things which are going to _ cautious. i don't think the things which are g

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england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirusc is behind us but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods ahead" as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to thorpe park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. hi, guys! we're doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know that i'm 0k and also when everything's open now i can have more freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you're young and perhaps that's what's being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation, who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet